PCB concentrations in Pere Marquette River and Muskegon River watersheds, 2002
Lisa R. Fogarty
2005, Open-File Report 2004-1088
Polychlorinated biphenyl compounds (PCBs) are a class of209 individual compounds (known as congeners) for which there are no known natural sources. PCBs are carcinogenic and bioaccumulative compounds. For over 40 years, PCBs were manufactured in the United States. The flame resistant property of PCBs made them ideal chemicals for use...
Field guide to the major organisms and processes building reefs and islands of the Dry Tortugas: the Carnegie Dry Tortugas Laboratory Centennial Celebration (1905-2005)
Eugene A. Shinn, Walter C. Jaap
2005, Open-File Report 2005-1357
This guide to the geology and biology of the Dry Tortugas is divided into four sections: 1) geologic and anthropogenic features you will pass on your trip to and from the Tortugas, 2) a summary of items of Tortugas geologic, historic, and human interest and what you will experience at...
Benthic cover on coral reefs of Isla Del Culebra (Puerto Rico) 1991-1998 and a comparison of assessment techniques
V.H. Garrison, E.A. Shinn, J. Miller, M. Carlo, R. W. Rodriguez, K. Koltes
2005, Open-File Report 2005-1398
A Science Framework for Connecticut River Watershed Sustainability
Stephen Rideout, Craig Nicolson, Susan L. Russell-Robinson, Ellen L. Mecray
2005, Open-File Report 2005-1292
Introduction: This document outlines a research framework for water resource managers and land-use planners in the four-state Connecticut River Watershed (CRW). It specifically focuses on developing the decision-support tools and data needed by managers in the watershed. The purpose of the Science Framework is to identify critical research issues and...
Digital Mapping Techniques '05--Workshop Proceedings, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, April 24-27, 2005
David R. Soller
2005, Open-File Report 2005-1428
Introduction: The Digital Mapping Techniques '05 (DMT'05) workshop was attended by more than 100 technical experts from 47 agencies, universities, and private companies, including representatives from 25 state geological surveys (see Appendix A). This workshop was similar in nature to the previous eight meetings, held in Lawrence, Kansas (Soller, 1997),...
Submersed Aquatic Vegetation Modeling Output Online
Yao Yin, Jim Rogala, John Sullivan, Jason J. Rohweder
2005, Open-File Report 2005-1233
Introduction The ability to predict the distribution of submersed aquatic vegetation in the Upper Mississippi River on the basis of physical or chemical variables is useful to resource managers. Wildlife managers have a keen interest in advanced estimates of food quantity such as American wildcelery (Vallisneria americana) population status to give...
Inventory of gate-sensing equipment at 14 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers dams in Texas
Glenn R. Harwell
2005, Open-File Report 2005-1439
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) is a worldwide organization that provides engineering services, environmental restoration, and construction support for a wide variety of civil and military projects. The primary civil mission of the USACE is developing and managing the Nation's water resources. USACE develops projects to reduce flood...
User's Manual for the National Water Information System of the U.S. Geological Survey: Ground-water site-inventory system
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
2005, Open-File Report 2005-1251
The Ground-Water Site-Inventory (GWSI) System is a ground-water data storage and retrieval system that is part of the National Water Information System (NWIS) developed by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). The NWIS is a distributed water database in which data can be processed over a network of workstations and file...
User's manual for the National Water Information System of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Water-quality System (QWDATA)
Dorinda Gellenbeck, Carolyn J. Oblinger, Donna L. Runkle, Terry L. Schertz, Jonathon C. Scott, Robert L. Taylor
2005, Open-File Report 2005-1081
This user documentation is designed to be a reference for the Water-Quality System (QWDATA) within the National Water Information System (NWIS). For the new user, the 'Introduction' and 'Getting Started' sections are the recommended places to begin. The experienced user may want to go straight to the details provided in...
Vascular Plant and Vertebrate Inventory of Tuzigoot National Monument
Brian F. Powell, E.W. Albrecht, William Lee Halvorson, Cecilia A. Schmidt, P. Anning, K. Docherty
2005, Open-File Report 2005-1347
Executive Summary From 2002 to 2004, we surveyed for plants and vertebrates (amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals) at Tuzigoot National Monument (NM) and adjacent areas in Arizona. This was the first effort of its kind in the area and was part of a larger effort to inventory vascular plants and vertebrates...
GIS compilation of data collected from the Pulley Ridge Deep Coral Reef region
VeeAnn Cross, D.C. Twichell, R. B. Halley, K.T. Ciembronowicz, B. D. Jarrett, E. S. Hammar-Klose, A. C. Hine, S. D. Locker, D. F. Naar
2005, Open-File Report 2005-1089
Pulley Ridge is a chain of drowned barrier islands that extends almost 200 km in 60-90 m water depths (Fig. 1). This drowned ridge is located on the Florida Platform in the southeastern Gulf of Mexico about 250 km west of Cape Sable, Florida (Jarrett and others, 2005). These islands...
The U.S. Geological Survey, branch of Astrogeology - a chronology of activities from conception through the end of Project Apollo (1960-1973)
Gerald G. Schaber
2005, Open-File Report 2005-1190
Vascular Plant and Vertebrate Inventory of Tumacacori National Historical Park
Brian F. Powell, Eric W. Albrecht, William L. Halvorson, Cecilia A. Schmidt, Pamela Anning, Kathleen Docherty
2005, Open-File Report 2005-1142
Executive Summary This report summarizes the results of the first comprehensive biological inventory of Tumacacori National Historical Park (NHP) in southern Arizona. These surveys were part of a larger effort to inventory vascular plants and vertebrates in eight National Park Service units in Arizona and New Mexico. From 2000 to 2003 we...
Sonoran Pronghorn Literature: An Annotated Bibliography
Paul R. Krausman, John R. Morgart, Lisa K. Harris, Chantal S. O’Brien, James W. Cain III, Steve S. Rosenstock
2005, Open-File Report 2005-1265
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The Sonoran pronghorn (Antilocapra americana sonoriensis) is 1 of 5 subspecies of pronghorn in North America. Sonoran pronghorn historically ranged from eastern California into southeastern Arizona and south to Sonora, Mexico. Sonoran pronghorn currently inhabit the Sonoran Desert in Southwestern Arizona and northern Sonora, Mexico. Unfortunately, their future in...
Catalog of earthquake hypocenters at Alaskan volcanoes: January 1 through December 31, 2004
James P. Dixon, Scott D. Stihler, John A. Power, Guy Tytgat, Steve Estes, Stephanie Prejean, John J. Sanchez, Rebecca Sanches, Stephen R. McNutt, John Paskievitch
2005, Open-File Report 2005-1312
The Alaska Volcano Observatory (AVO), a cooperative program of the U.S. Geological Survey, the Geophysical Institute of the University of Alaska Fairbanks, and the Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys, has maintained seismic monitoring networks at historically active volcanoes in Alaska since 1988. The primary objectives of the seismic...
Questa baseline and pre-mining ground-water quality invistigation. 13. Mineral microscopy and chemistry of mined and unmined porphyry molybdenum mineralization along the Red River, New Mexico: Implications for ground- and surface-water quality
Geoff Plumlee, Heather Lowers, Steve Ludington, Alan Koenig, Paul Briggs
2005, Open-File Report 2005-1442
This report is one in a series presenting results of an interdisciplinary U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) study of ground-water quality in the lower Red River watershed prior to open-pit and underground molybdenite mining at Molycorp's Questa mine. The stretch of the Red River watershed that extends from just upstream of...
Florida salt marsh vole habitat: lower Suwannee National Wildlife Refuge
Ellen A. Raabe, Laura C. Gauron
2005, Open-File Report 2005-1417
Developing ecological criteria for prescribed fire in South Florida pine rockland ecosystems
James R. Snyder, Michael S. Ross, Suzanne Koptur, Jay P. Sah
2005, Open-File Report 2006-1062
The pine rocklands of South Florida, characterized by a rich herbaceous flora with many narrowly endemic taxa beneath an overstory of south Florida slash pine (Pinus elliottii var. densa), are found in three areas: the Miami Rock Ridge of southeastern peninsular Florida, the Lower Florida Keys, and slightly elevated portions...
A GIS-Based Information System for Predicting Impacts from Coastal Storms--The Coastal Impact Assessment Tool (CIAT), Version 1.0, User's Manual
Brian H. Bossak, Robert A. Morton, Sallenger Jr.
2005, Open-File Report 2005-1260
Status of forest birds in the Central Windward Region of Hawai'i Island: population trends and power analyses
P. Marcos Gorresen, Richard J. Camp, Thane K. Pratt, Bethany L. Woodworth
2005, Open-File Report 2005-1441
User's Guide for the Decision Support System for Map Projections of Small Scale Data, Version 2.0
Michael P. Finn, Laura N. Woodard
2005, Open-File Report 2005-1335
U.S. Geological Survey Chesapeake Bay Science Plan, 2006-2011
Scott Phillips
2005, Open-File Report 2005-1440
Locations and descriptions of gravity, box, and push cores collected in San Francisco Bay between January and February, 1990 and 1991
Roberto J. Anima, H. Edward Clifton, Carol Reiss, Florence L. Wong
2005, Open-File Report 2005-1453
A project to study San Francisco Bay sediments collected over 300 sediment gravity cores; six push cores, and three box cores in San Francisco Bay during the years 1990-91. The purpose of the sampling effort is to establish a database on the Holocene sediment history of the bay. The samples...
Argon dating at and near Medicine Lake volcano, California: Results and data
Julie M. Donnelly-Nolan, Marvin A. Lanphere
2005, Open-File Report 2005-1416
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Global Positioning System measurements on the island of Hawai`i: 1997 through 2004
Asta Miklius, Peter Cervelli, Maurice Sako, Michael Lisowski, Susan Owen, Paul Segal, James Foster, Kevan Kamibayashi, Ben Brooks
2005, Open-File Report 2005-1425
This report summarizes GPS data and observations collected between 1997 and 2004 on the island of Hawai‘i with static surveying and continuously recording instruments. On Kīlauea, the long-term deformation field is dominated by steady southeastern velocities of more than 6 cm/year and uplift of about 2 cm/yr at stations on the...
